Clavelina
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Clavelina is genus of tunicate
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Tunicate
Tunicates, also known as urochordates, are members of the subphylum Tunicata, previously known as Urochordata, a group of underwater saclike filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons that is classified within the phylum Chordata. While most tunicates live on the ocean floor, others such...
s, containing the following species:
- Clavelina amplexa Kott, 2002
- Clavelina arafurensis Tokioka, 1952
- Clavelina auracea Monniot, 1997
- Clavelina australis (Herdman, 1899)
- Clavelina baudinensis Kott, 1957
- Clavelina borealis Savigny, 1816
- Clavelina brasiliensis (Millar, 1977)
- Clavelina breve Monniot, 1997
- Clavelina coerulea Oka, 1934
- Clavelina concrescens Hartmeyer, 1924
- Clavelina cyclus Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1975
- Clavelina cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Clavelina dagysa (Kott, 1957)
- Clavelina dellavallei (Zirpolo, 1825)
- Clavelina detorta (Sluiter, 1904)
- Clavelina elegansClavelina elegansClavelina elegans is a tunicate species in the genus Clavelina....
(Oka, 1927) - Clavelina enormis Herdman, 1880
- Clavelina fasciculata Van Name, 1945
- Clavelina fecunda (Sluiter, 1904)
- Clavelina gemmae Turon, 2005
- Clavelina huntsmani Van Name, 1931
- Clavelina kottae (Millar, 1960)
- Clavelina lepadiformisClavelina lepadiformisThe Clavelina lepadiformis or light-bulb sea squirt is a colonial sea squirt.The transparent tunic and visible yellow or white internal organs give this animal its common name....
(Müller, 1776) - Clavelina maculata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Clavelina meridionalis (Herdman, 1891)
- Clavelina michaelseni Millar, 1982
- Clavelina miniata Watanabe & Tokioka, 1973
- Clavelina minuta Tokioka, 1962
- Clavelina mirabilis Kott, 1972
- Clavelina moluccensisClavelina moluccensisClavelina moluccensis, common name bluebell tunicate, blue bell tunicate, or Blue Sea Squirt,is a species of tunicate , in the genus Clavelina . Like all ascidians, these sessile animals are filter feeders.-Description:This species is 0.5-2.5 cm long, and light to medium blue in colour...
(Sluiter, 1904) - Clavelina neapolitana Della Valle, 1881
- Clavelina nigra Kott, 1990
- Clavelina obesa Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1976
- Clavelina oblonga Herdman, 1880
- Clavelina oliva Kott, 1990
- Clavelina ostrearium (Michaelsen, 1930)
- Clavelina phlegraea Salfi, 1929
- Clavelina pictaClavelina pictaClavelina picta, common name the painted tunicate, is a species of tunicate , in the genus Clavelina . These animals, like all ascidians, are sessile filter feeders.-Description:...
(Verrill, 1900) - Clavelina polycitorella (Tokioka, 1954)
- Clavelina pseudobaudinensis (Kott, 1976)
- Clavelina puertosecensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974
- Clavelina robustaClavelina robustaClavelina robusta is a species of tunicate , in the genus Clavelina . Like all ascidians, these sessile animals are filter feeders.-Description:...
Kott, 1990 - Clavelina roseola Millar, 1955
- Clavelina sabbadiniClavelina sabbadiniClavelina sabbadini is a species of tunicate , in the genus Clavelina . Like all ascidians, these sessile animals are filter feeders.-External links:*...
Brunetti, 1987 - Clavelina simplex Kott, 2006
- Clavelina steenbrasensis Millar, 1955
- Clavelina viola Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1976